Diddy Sex Trafficking Trial Kicks Off With Jokes From the Judge

The first day of the federal racketeering and intercourse trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs started this morning with some lighthearted feedback through the pass judgement on … who mentions Diddy’s more than a few nicknames over time, and nods to the dimensions of the prospective jury pool.

As lawsuits were given officially underway, Judge Arun Subramanian made a observation evaluating the period of the listing of potential jurors that each side will query at the stand, to the famously huge “Lord of the Rings” trilogy of novels.

As you already know, there are lots of demanding situations on each side for jury variety, which is anticipated to take a number of days.

Diddy himself arrived on the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse in Lower Manhattan dressed in a proper swimsuit and studying glasses … the pass judgement on in the past granted Diddy’s request to put on civilian clothes to the trial, as an alternative of prison scrubs … he was once allowed a restricted listing of very particular pieces to choose between, and the famously stylish defendant predictably confirmed up in taste.

Judge Subramanian additionally referred to the rap multi-millionaire’s many monikers … describing the defendant as “also known as Puff Daddy, Diddy, other names … and Love.” (Combs legally modified his center title to “Love” in 2018.) The pass judgement on notes Diddy has pleaded no longer accountable to all fees, and is presumed to be blameless.

Subramanian addressed the protection and the prosecution about doable privateness problems in testimony, noting they will be addressed by means of sidebar conversations. He stated he expects the trial to final for approximately 8 weeks.

Diddy has a crew of 8 lawyers on his aspect — we reported at the listing of attorneys that was once simply finalized final week.

Diddy is being attempted on 3 fees — one depend of intercourse trafficking through power, fraud or coercion; one depend of transportation to interact in prostitution; and one depend of racketeering conspiracy. In April 2025, he was once hit with two extra fees — some other intercourse trafficking depend, and some other transportation to interact in prostitution price, bringing the overall quantity to 5.

The pass judgement on additionally dropped a handy guide a rough comparability to the Ghislaine Maxwell case — the previous female friend of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein who is serving 20 years in jail for an identical crimes to what Diddy’s charged with. She’s serving 20 years in jail in Florida.